You are consulting for a polling organization. They want to know
how many people they need to sample, when predicting the results of
the gubernatorial election.
- If there were 100 people polled, and the candidates each had
50% of the vote, what is the standard error of the poll?
- If there were 200 people polled?
- If there were 400 people polled?
- If one candidate were ahead with 60% of the vote, what is the
standard error of the poll?
- They want the poll to be 95% accurate within plus or minus 3
percentage points. How many people do they need to sample?